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Rules for Second Chances by Maggie North
1.0
DNF: I got this book on a whim and I’ve really got to stop doing that. The synopsis sounded interesting but once I started it i realized it was not for me.
From Goodreads:
Liz Lewis has tried everything to be what people want, but she's always been labeled different in the boisterous world of wilderness expeditions. Her marriage to popular adventure guide Tobin Renner-Lewis is a sinkhole of toxic positivity where she's the only one saying no. When she gets mistaken for a server at her own thirtieth birthday party, Liz vows to stop playing a minor character in her own life. The (incredibly well-researched and scientific) plan? A crash course in confidence... via an improv comedy class. The catch? She's terrible at it, and the only person willing to practice with her is a certain extroverted wilderness guide who seems dead set on saving their marriage. But as Liz and Tobin get closer again, she's forced to confront all the reasons they didn't work the first time, along with her growing suspicion that her social awkwardness might mean something deeper. Liz must learn improv's most important lesson-"Yes, and"—or she'll have to choose between the love she always wanted and the dreams that got away.
Brimming with heart and heat, Rules for Second Chances explores the hardest relationship question of all: can true love happen twice ... With the same person?
I found myself getting viscerally angry while listening to this for no explicable reason. I have never had this reaction to a book before and when I realized my anger was starting to affect how I conducted myself around my family I knew I had to put this down and walk far, far away from it.
I felt like there wasn’t any motivation behind Liz’s actions and I was just as lost as Tobin was when Liz demanded a divorce. I didn’t get very far in, but I was far enough in that I knew I hated every character.
Even though this book wasn’t a good fit for me, I greatly appreciate the publisher emailing me a free copy of it. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Griffin for the advanced copy. This hit the shelves on June 25th.
From Goodreads:
Liz Lewis has tried everything to be what people want, but she's always been labeled different in the boisterous world of wilderness expeditions. Her marriage to popular adventure guide Tobin Renner-Lewis is a sinkhole of toxic positivity where she's the only one saying no. When she gets mistaken for a server at her own thirtieth birthday party, Liz vows to stop playing a minor character in her own life. The (incredibly well-researched and scientific) plan? A crash course in confidence... via an improv comedy class. The catch? She's terrible at it, and the only person willing to practice with her is a certain extroverted wilderness guide who seems dead set on saving their marriage. But as Liz and Tobin get closer again, she's forced to confront all the reasons they didn't work the first time, along with her growing suspicion that her social awkwardness might mean something deeper. Liz must learn improv's most important lesson-"Yes, and"—or she'll have to choose between the love she always wanted and the dreams that got away.
Brimming with heart and heat, Rules for Second Chances explores the hardest relationship question of all: can true love happen twice ... With the same person?
I found myself getting viscerally angry while listening to this for no explicable reason. I have never had this reaction to a book before and when I realized my anger was starting to affect how I conducted myself around my family I knew I had to put this down and walk far, far away from it.
I felt like there wasn’t any motivation behind Liz’s actions and I was just as lost as Tobin was when Liz demanded a divorce. I didn’t get very far in, but I was far enough in that I knew I hated every character.
Even though this book wasn’t a good fit for me, I greatly appreciate the publisher emailing me a free copy of it. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Griffin for the advanced copy. This hit the shelves on June 25th.